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The Drummer's Best Girl.


He hnrried up to the Office assoon a
heentered the hotel and without wait
ing to register Inquired eagerly:
"Any letter for me?"
The clerk sorted over q package with
the negligent attention that comes OF
practice, then filpped one--a very small
one--on the counter. ~
The travelling man took Ii with q
curious smile that twisted his pleasant
looking face into mask Of expectancy
He smiled more as he read 1t. Then
oblivious Of other travellers who
jostled him, he laid It tenderly against
his lips and actually kissed 1t.
A loud gufaw startled him.
"Now, look here, old fellow" said 9
loud voice, "that won't do, you know
Too spooney for anything. Confess
now, Your wife didn't write that let
ter?n
mo, she didn't,n said the travelling
man with an amazed look, as IL ht
would like to change the subject
'That letter is from my best girl"
The admission was SO unexpected
that the trio of friends who had caught
him said no more until after they had
eaten O good dinner and were seated
together In q chum's room.
Then they began t. badger him.
sits no use, you've got to read 1t to
us. Dick said one of them; 1--WE want
TO know all about your best girl.n
$50 you shall, y said Dick, with great
GOODNESS; IL will give you the letter
and you can read it yourselves. There
It is" and he laid it open on the table
"I guess not" said the one who had
been ioudest in demanding 1t; 1--WE like
to chaff q little, but hope we are
gentlemen. The young lady would
hardly care to have her letter read by
this crowd" and he looked reproach'
fully at his friend.
UBut insist upon it,n was the ans
wer. ''There is nothing in 1t to be
ashamed of-except the spelling; that
is a little shaky, I'll admit, but she
won't care in the least. Read 1t Hardy
and Judge for yourself"
Thus urged Hardy took up the letter,
shamefacedly enough, and read it,
There were only few words. First he
laughed--then swallowed suspiciously,
and as he finished it, threw it on the
table again and rubbed the back Of his
hand across his eyes, as If troubled
with dimness of vision.
"Pshaw,n he said, "if l had love
letter like that" and then he was
silent.
"Fair play!" cried one of the Others
with an uneasy laugh.
"I'll read it to you boys" said theil
friend, seeing they made no move to
take it, land l think you'll agree with
me that it is model love letter."
And this was what he read:
Mi owen deer Pa Pa: So mi PRairf
every mite annd wen kis yure Pict.
shure ASK god to bless you good bi
Pa Pa yure best gurl. DOLLY.
For o moment or two the company
remained silent, while the little letter
passed from hand to hand, and you
would have said that each and every
one had hay fever by the snuffiing that
was heard. Then Hardy jumped to
his feet:
''Three cheers for Dolly and three
cheers more for Dicks best grill"
They were given with will.-[Mrs
M. L. Rhyme in Detroit Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-24

According to an exchange, the pro-
cess of obtaining tortoise shell is very
cruel one. 1t seems that the variety OF
tortoise that furnishes the finest shell
for commerce is captured and kept in
watts until ready to be operated upon.
The tortoise is then secured in position
before fire and slowly roasted until
his back is sufficiently roasted to cleave
easily from the shell, which is then
cut from the lower parts and torn from
the roasted flesh of the poor victim.
After which the tortoise is put back
into the vat, and in year nature will
have SO far repaired the damage that
the victim can be again roasted and
shelled alive.
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Facts worth Knowing.

In all diseases Of the nasal mucous
membrane the remedy used must bt
non-lrritatlng. The medical profes'
sion has been slow 70 learn this. Moth
ing satisfactory can be accomplished
with douches, snuffs, powders, syringes
or astringents or any similar appllca-
cation, because they are sll Irritating,
do not thoroughly reach the affected
surfaces and should be abandoned as
worse than failures. A multitude OF
persons who had for years borne all the
worry and pain that catarrh can infiict,
testify to radical and permanent cures
wrought by Ely's Cream Balm.
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Is Consumption Incurable?

Read the following: Mr.. G. HI. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: "Was down
with abscess of lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an incur
able Consumptive. Began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, am now on my third bottle, and
able to oversee the work on my farm.
1t is the finest medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "Had it not been for DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption I would
have died of lung troubles. Was given
up by doctors. Am now in best OF
health" Try it. Sample bottles free
at d. J. Humphreys Drug Store.
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The people as q mass seldom make
mistakes. This accounts for the large
demand for DR.. Bigelow's Positive
(coughl Cure. 1t has given such per-
feet satisfaction that some druggists Of
fer an imitation on which they make q
larger profit. Beware of both the imita-
tion on which they make larger profit.
Beware OF both the imitation and the
druggist, both will cheat you. The
genuine Is sold by Saur & Balsley and
will promptly and safely cure coughs,
colds, and all throat and lung diseases
Price Soc.
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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
MORTGAGE SALE.
:. A. LINDBERGH.
Attorney for Mortgage.

Default having been made in the payment of
the sum Of one hundred and thirty ana o. 100
dollars Sl20.06} which is claimed to be due at
tn date ofthis notice upon certain mortgage,
July executed and delivered by Lewis 6.
Worthington, mortgaeor, to 0. W, sylvester,
mortgages, bearing date the 18th day Of
August. A. D 1885 and, with e. power Of sale
therein contained. duly recorded in the Office
OF he register Of TecGs in and FIR the county
Of Morrison and state Of Minnesota on the goth
DAY Of Auslst, a. D. 1885,, ats o'clock a. m., in
book F of mortgages. on page 500. and no &C
ton or proceeding Ia ling been instituted at
law or otherwise to recover the debt secured
by said mortgage, or any part thereof;
Now therefore notice is hereby given, That
by virtue ofthe power ofsale contained in said
mortgage and pursuant to the statute in such
will be foreclosed by sale Of the premises
described in and conveyed by said mortgage,
viz:
The undivided one half of the north half Of
the sonthwe quarter, and the undivided one
half Of the south quarter of tho south west
quarter, and the undivided one-half Of the
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter
all in section thirty-feur ta4l in township one
hundred aud thiEt--one 13l) north Of range
thirty C}0\ west, in Morrison county and state
of Minnesota with the hereditamSnts and ap-
purtenances: which sale will be made by the
sheriff of said Morrison county, at the front
door of the court house. in the village Of Little
Falls in said county and state, on the 10th day
Of May, A y. 1887, at O'Clock p. IN. Of that
day, at public vendue, to the highest bid der
for cash. to pay said debt and interest and the
taxes fany, on said premises, and twenty five
dollars attorneys fees as stipulated in and by
said mortgage in case Of foreclosure, and the
disbursements allowed by law: subject to re-
demption at any time within one year from the
day Of SALE as pro vided by law.
Dated March ri, A. D. 1887.
o. w. SYLVESTER,
Mortgagee
E. II. FARNHAM,
Attorney.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
TiiE sillipplf,o PosT.

lfz III
How Thieves and Other law Breakoss
are Punished IN Little Delaware
Had 9 stranger, unacqu ainted with
Delaware mode Of Furnishing thieves,
visited the county Jail yard at New.
Castle on arecent morning he at first
would probably have imagined that
several prize-fghts were to occur soon,
writes q Wilmington correspondent.
About the middle Of the forenoon the
jail-yard was thronged by motley
crowd, hooting and jeering at ten men
who stood sl1ivering in front of pill
lory and a whipping-post. These men
.resembled pugilists in that they were
stripped above the waist. In them the
braggadocios and mein so common
among pugilists were lacking. ! AL
though hardened in crime the raw air
and the taunts of the crowd affected
them unpleasantly, and they said not a
word to- those jeering them. They
were convicts, and during the week
had been found guilty Of larceny or
burglary. Two of them were white
and all were young.
Promptly at ten o'clock Sheriff Lamb
son entered the yard, and VIM. II.
Baker (white), convicted of stealing
a horse and wagon, was dashed to the
post, and to his back the sheriff ap-
piled a CATO -nine-tails twenty times.
When Baker was taken back to his cell
Charles Mathews (white), convicted of
larceny of clothing, was fastened to
the post and given ten lashes. Next
came six colored men-Weldo Collins,
VIM. Parsons, Robert Sewen, George
Anderson, Joseph Griffin and John
Walter, who each received ten lashes
except the last three, who each were
given five. Collins was convicted of
stealing $51 from an Italian; Parsons
stole some fence rails; Walter robbed a
companion Of $S5; Sewell stole some
flowers from a nursery; Anderson s
crime was the theft of an overcoat, and
Grifin's was stealing chickens.
In addition to receiving twenty lashes
Baker had to stand in the pillory for
an hour. Terry Cooper and Francis
Bayard, both colored, convicted of
stealing $14 from farmer, also stood
an hour in the pillory. The admins
tering Of the punishment was not fin
ished until the middle of the afternoon,
and when the last convict had returned
TO his cell the throng of spectators
rushed through the jail-yard gates and
hurried off in search of their dinners
". Y. Herald.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
The Indians Must Go.

from the Perham Bulletin.
The county commissioners have is.
sued an order to have all Indians in
Otter Tail county removed to the res
ervation where they belong. They are
stripping our timber of game, and
lakes Of toe finny tribe in violation OF
all laws, and there is now a prospect
OF it being stopped. Indian Agent
Sheehan writes commissioner Jung,
in answer to the order sent him, that
the red skins had been ordered back
and that his mounted police will cor
rell them as fast as possible, and force
them to 60 to the reservation. This
will be a great benefit Ia Perham, as
the thieyings Of the Indians in this To-
callty is enormous. They openly vio-
late all laws and our people cannot
help themselves, yet if an Indian has
a spite against white man he will 20
and swear that man has sold him
liquor, and of course must be at the
expense of fighting the case, and gen.
orally gets left, as an Indians oath is
taken as truth where white mans is
not. We are glad to see them taken
care of by their agent, and let them
keep them where they belong in the
future.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
LONDON VEGETARIANS.

Remarks Made by Prominent Englishmen
For aud Against vegetarianism.
Vegetarianism is now making con-
siderable progress in London. For a
long time it was confined to a few in
diyiduals, who were regarded by the
great majority of people as fanatics or
enthusiasts, whereas at the present
time no fewer than twenty restaurants.
exclusively devoted to the sale of vege-
tartan food, are fourishing in the me-
tropolis. Some of these provide as
many as thousand or twelve hundred
dinners every day. No doubt many Of
the customers are Influenced by the
conviction that nesh-eating is VIOLA
ton of the laws of nature, and fertile
source of disease, but the majority, I sus-
pect, resort to vegetarianism as meas
ure Of economy. was present one night
at a dinner given by the Vegetarian
Society to a large number of guests,
many Of whom have not abandoned
the fleshpots of Egypt; and certainly
the dinner reflected not little credit
upon the vegetarian cuisine. The
favorite dish was a delicious compound
called "London pie." "Haricots and
horseradish sauce suited other pal.
ates, and certain radicals present made
an appetiaing meal of 'mashed and
home rule potatoes. Prof. Mayor, of
the University Of Cambridge, presided;
and speeches were made with view to
show that vegetarianism conduced to
both the moral and the temporal we'll
being Of man. Mr.. Kegan Paul, the
well-known publisher, avowed his be-
lief in the vegetarian theory, bat ad-
mitted that under the conditions of
London society, although the
spirit was willing. the flesh
was sometimes weak. Rev. Brooke
Lambert, the eminent Broad Church
vicar, was sceptical as to the supe-
riority Of vegetarian over meat
diet; but brother clergyman from
Stafford triumphantly declared that he
not only lived on farinaceous food him
self, but had brough up three healthy
sons and daughters without ever once
yielding to the temptation of giving
them meat. Every one was in favor
of penny vegetarian dinners, for dur
ing the winter they have saved thou
sands Of poor people from starvation.
Children have been provided with
good, nutritious repasts for a half
penny each, and one Of the spectators
believed that they would yet be able to
do it for the smallest coin of the realm,
viz, one farthing.-Lo,sdoa Cor. N. Y.
Herald and Express. .r~ .'.s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions
ofa certain mortgage deed made execute
and delivered by John Tretter, mortga cor, t,
0tWay W. Ba ldwin, mortgagee. bearing date
July %. 1870. and recordet in the office OF the
!esister of ceeds in and for the county ii
Morrison, state Of Minnesota, in book F OF
mortgag 8, page 1884, Oh the 18th day OF July
A. d. 1885, at clock q. IN. Of that day.
And whereas, there is now claimed to be due
al. q Is due upon said mortgage and the notes
secured thereby, the sum of eighty and thirty
light hundredtLs $50. s8) dollars, and no pro-
roeding either in law Or equity has been in
stltuted to recover said sum or any part there
or;
therefore, In pursuance to the power Of sale
contained III said mortgage and recorded
thereWith and the statute ia such case I'D aae
ana prOVlued, notice Is hereby given that the
the me, east half "a Of the south. west quarter
EwH) and the sonth west quarter (swN
OF Ihe northeast quarter IN "a Of sec
uon number twenty three (2H, in township
fo"ty-ene {4D Of range thirty tsO continuing
me a l.unared and twenty Q2D acres lying and
Of Minnesota. will be sold ut public veudue,
to the highest bidder for cash. at the front door
OF the court house. i'll and for the County o.
Morrison, in Little Falls, in said county, on
Saturday the 2ist day Of May a. D. 1887 at
one O'clock p II. Of that day to satisfy the The
$50 3s) dollars, with the further sum Of twenty
five f$25. COY attorneys fee. stipulated and agreed
to be paid in slid mortgage in case Of fore
closure thereof together with the costs ami
disbursements of this foreclosure. Dated
March 29th 1887.
Q. W BALDWIN.
nlortgagee
FRANK TOLMAN.
Attorney for Mortgage 9ieS,,, p e,nor
Ghar nof
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
From the Royalten Banner.

From the Royalten Banner. 4sg3+ ! Ess5 7, :: ]
Rev. Dr.. HaWis, Of Brainer.i, WIN, 10
st. Cloud Sunday TO exchange pulpits
with Rev, Cummings. After morning
service he was taken quite i'll and was
unable to hold service in the evening
and was unable to fulfill his appoint
ment here for Monday night, Dr..
hawle has not been we'll tor some time
past, gut will nnl give up his church
worn 80 long as he can possibly keep
around at all. " $685..
The li,tIe child of H. Fifield, who was
so badly burned last week, died last
Monday. She wasthought 10 he getting
we'll until within few moments Of her
Geath, when she seemed 10 fail into a
faint. and in Il few moments was dead
The funeral was held Tuesday morning
at Mr. Fiied's home by Rev. M:Doaald,
at er which the body wus inferred in the
Royal,on cemetery.
The Ladies Guild Of the Episcopal
church will hold 'baskei social" On
lhe evening of April 7th al the residence
Of Mrs. Logan. Every lady is requested
10 bring basket filled with lunch for
Two, with her name on the inside. Ali
gentlemen are requested 10 bring their
pocket books filled with money enough
for two or three and they will buy a
basket and then find the owner. Young
men are especially invited. Let every
one come anu have COED, social time.